z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

Parameters
MKDIR — Make a directory
Format
Description
Parameters
The last UNIX pathname used on the main panel of ISHELL is kept and displayed
again on the next invocation of ISHELL. In order to switch back to the home
directory, erase the pathname shown and press ENTER.
Field level and panel help are available throughout the dialog. For additional
information on ISHELL, see z/OS UNIX System Services User’s Guide and the
online help panels.
initial_path
The path that you want to initially appear in ISHELL’s main panel. For example:
ishell /tmp/
-d Prevents ISHELL from suppressing ISPF server dialog errors. This will cause
ISHELL to terminate on errors. This option should only be used at the direction
of IBM Support.
MKDIR ’directory_name’ MODE(directory_permission_bits) STICKY|NOSTICKY
You can use the MKDIR command to create a directory in the file system.
directory_name
Specifies the name of the directory to be created. The name can be a relative
pathname or an absolute pathname. You must enclose it in single quotes. A
relative pathname is relative to the working directory of the TSO/E session
(usually the HOME directory). Therefore, you should usually specify an absolute
pathname. The name can be up to 1023 characters long. The name is
case-sensitive; the system stores each character in the case entered.
All directories in the pathname prior to the specified directory must already
exist. If the specified directory already exists, no new directory is created.
MODE(directory_permission_bits)
Specifies the directory permission bits as three octal numbers, from 0 to 7,
separated by commas or blanks. The octal values represent read (r), write (w),
and search (x) access for: user, group, and other.
User permission is the permission given to the directory owner. Group
permission is the permission given to the group the owner is a member of.
Other permission is the permission given to any other user.
The access indicated by each of the numbers 0–7 is:
0 No access
1 Search (x) access
2 Write-only (w) access
3 Write and search (wx) access
4 Read-only (r) access
5 Read and search (rx) access
6 Read and write (rw) access
7 Read, write, and search (rwx) access
ISHELL
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